South Carolina At Last

We arrived officially at 2:10 a.m. After:
flight 3708 delayed
flight 3708 changed from 1:38 p.m. to 1:55 pm.
flight 3708 changed from 1:55 p.m. to 4:20 p.m.
Flight 3708 cancelled
New Flight: 3710 9:30 p.m.
Received $26 food voucher, ate at Chili's Too
Don picked us up at 2:00 p.m. went home to wait
Arrived back at the airport at 8:00 p.m. for 9:30 flight
Moved from gate C2 to C36
Moved from gate C36 to C23
Flight 3710 delayed until 9:45 p.m.
Flight 3710 delayed until 10:15
Flight 3710 delayed until 10:45 (mechanical issues)
Flight 3710 delayed until 11:30 (waiting for crew change)
Flight 3710 delayed until 1:15 a.m. (same)
Flight 3710 back until 11:15 p.m.
Yea! Here comes the crew!
Boarded plane at 11:30 p.m.
Roar! Started the engines (with the door still open!)
Wait, here comes 2 late people...
Ok, we are ready but just waiting for ground crew...
Whew, flight attendant closed the door - manually - got showered with rain upon slamming of door.
Ok, 12:30 a.m. taxied out to Lenawee County for 1/2 hour. I'm sure it was busy at that time of night
Stopped at McDonalds for the late people, got back on runway.....
12:35 a.m. In the air hooray! Free drinks for all your troubles, but the snacks cost $2.00
Anyway, final descent into Columbia S.C. 2:00 a.m.
2:15 a.m. Taxied around the city of Columbia
2:25 a.m. Plane brakes working just fine - came to a COMPLETE stop out in the middle of the airstrip.
Flight attendant flung the door open - no ground crew in sight.
2:30 a.m. Flight attendant makes an announcement:
"Sorry folks we have no Jetway, we will be deplaning right here. Hmmmmm. Get off plane. Look to left, look to right. Hmmmmm there is a guy 200 yards over there- must be place to go.
2:35 a.m. climb steps from bowels of the airport to the main level. Don't have to get our luggage from thingy cause Jan saw it sitting up by "lost luggage" area.
3:30 a.m. Pull into sister's house in Lugoff after driving through dense fog.
3:35 a.m. Head hits pillow - fast asleep!